HIST 10100-01 FOUNDATIONS OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1 g h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Matthew Klemm, Muller 405, Ext. 4-1306
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: None.
OBJECTIVES: This course will provide an overview of "western" (i.e., primarily European) history from Ancient Greece to the Reformation. Topics covered will include Greek democracy, the Roman Empire, the medieval history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant Reformation, and the Age of Religious Wars.
STUDENTS: This is a beginning level survey course. As such it is designed for first year students and sophomores. Not open to seniors except by permission of instructor.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Primarily lecture, some discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Two examinations, several short essays, one longer essay, class attendance and discussion.
GRADING: Based on class participation, examinations, and essays.
HIST 10200-01-03 MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION II HU LA 1 h g
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR:
Section 01: Karin Breuer, Muller 419, Ext. 4-1489
Sections 02 and 03: TBA
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: None.
OBJECTIVES: This course will provide an overview of European history from 1648 to the present. Topics covered will include the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, socio-political change in the nineteenth century, Marxism and the Russian Revolution, the causes and the courses of World Wars I and II, and the Holocaust.
STUDENTS: This is a beginning level survey course. As such it is open to all students.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Primarily lecture, some discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Three examinations, 3 mid-length (4 page) analytical essays, class attendance and discussion.
HIST 11200-01,02 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 HU LA 1 h
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Chad Wheaton, Location TBA
ENROLLMENT: 30
OBJECTIVES: Survey of the important cultural, social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. from 1865 to the present. As a survey, this course will give you a sound knowledge of the most important moments of our recent past. Special emphasis will be placed upon: the emergence of the nation as an economic superpower, the growing engagement of the U.S. in world affairs, and the rich social history (race, class, and gender) of the nation in this period.
STUDENTS: Usually first year students and sophomores from all majors; also upperclassmen.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lecture and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: 1. Three books. 2. One paper, 2 essay exams, and regular quizzes.
HIST 11200-03, 04 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 HU LA 1 h
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Vivian Conger, Muller 408, Ext. 4-3572
ENROLLMENT: 30
OBJECTIVES: I assume that American history is not a fixed set of facts, figures, and events, that it is not a done deal. People, places, motivation and circumstance are the content for rigorous historical thinking. History was contested all along and continues to be contested. It is that complexity we will explore throughout the semester. To that end, this course broadly explores major themes and issues that led to the making of the modern United States. We will focus on social and intellectual currents, labor and business, farmer protest, immigration and ethnicity, race and gender, the development of reform and radical thought and activities, American involvement in war, civil liberties issues, Progressivism and the New Deal, and major changes in post-World War II America. Through few short lectures, readings (both primary and secondary), videos, hand on work with primary sources, and LOTS OF DISCUSSION, you will become acquainted with the central concerns of US history and you will begin to cultivate habits of critical understanding that allow you to draw significance from the past.
STUDENTS: Primarily first and second year students from all majors. Open to students of all majors. This class is not open to seniors.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Discussion of readings (primary and secondary sources), videos and some lectures.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings from a foundation text, a collection of essays that set up key points of debate, a collection of primary documents, and two additional books (one will be a novel). Also regular attendance, weekly writing assignments, and 2 in-class exams (essay and short-answer identifications)
GRADING: Based on attendance, class participation and above requirements.
HIST 11200-05,06 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 HU LA 1 h
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Michael Smith, Muller 320, Ext. 4-1290
ENROLLMENT: 30
OBJECTIVES: Survey of the important cultural, social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. from 1865 to the present. As a survey, this course will give you a sound knowledge of the most important moments of our recent past. Special emphasis will be placed upon: the emergence of the nation as an economic superpower, the growing engagement of the U.S. in world affairs, and the rich social history (race, class, and gender) of the nation in this period.
STUDENTS: Usually first year students and sophomores from all majors; also upperclassmen.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Primarily discussion with some supplemental lecture, group project. Students who enroll in these sections should be committed to active learning.
REQUIREMENTS: 1. Two books and various on-line readings and handouts. 2. Writing assignments of various kinds and regular reading assessments. 3. Regular attendance and participation.
GRADING: Based on performance of each of the above requirements.
HIST 18200-01,02 WORLD CIVILIZATION II HU LA 1 h g
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Joanne Izbicki, Muller 416, Ext. 4-3035
ENROLLMENT: 30
OBJECTIVES: Why do historians often refer to the years since 1500 C.E. as the modern era? What makes a civilization, a culture, a people, a person ‘modern’? Modernity is connected to the rise of the nation-state and industrialization, processes that resulted in drastic, fundamental changes in political, economic, and social structures all over the world. It is also related to the rapid expansion and intensification of interaction among people world-wide after 1500. This course examines the kinds of changes people throughout the globe have undergone in the last 500 years and how and why those changes occurred.
FORMAT AND STYLE: discussion, lecture, student presentations
REQUIREMENTS: quizzes, midterm, short paper, final exam.
HIST 18200-03 MODERN WORLD CIVILIZATION HU LA 1 h g
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jason Freitag, Muller 423, Ext. 4-5798
ENROLLMENT: 30
OBJECTIVES: This class starts roughly at 1500 and moves through to the present day. Topics will include the rise of great empires in the Middle East and Asia (Ming, Ottoman, Mughal) and their relationship to the emerging European global powers. We will then examine the rise of European empires, beginning with the Spanish and Portuguese, and continuing through the Dutch, English and French imperial formations. Special consideration will be given to the encounters with indigenous populations in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and the rise of independence and nationalist movements across the globe. Finally, we will consider the post-colonial world, the Cold War, the process of "globalization" and the conflicts and relationships that shape our world today.
STUDENTS: Open to all students. Not open to students who have completed HIST-10200: Modern Western Civilization.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lectures, discussion of readings. Each class one student will be responsible for making a brief, thematic presentation of the day's readings.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings, response papers, class attendance and participation, comparative response paper, midterm and final.
GRADING: Based on performance on each of the above requirements.
HIST 20300-01 INTRODUCTORY GEOGRAPHY SS LA 1
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jarett Powers
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: One course in the humanities or social sciences.
OBJECTIVES: Shakespeare tells us “All the world’s a stage,” and geography is the study of the stage upon which almost all human events have taken place. This course will focus on world regional geography and will use specific situations as examples of broader issues. Far from being devoted to memorization of place names and locations, the course will attempt to explain, for example, why a city is located where it is, how earlier mistakes might frustrate current development programs, why some long established states are threatened with disintegration, and numerous other problems which appear in the daily news.
STUDENTS: Though designed with Social Studies majors in mind, the course is open to any who have an interest in geography or wish to view the interaction of humans with their environment from a different perspective.
GRADING: A-F.
HIST 20800-01 HIDDEN FROM HISTORY: AMERICAN HERSTORY 1 h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Vivian Conger, Muller 408, Ext. 4-3572
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One course in the humanities or social sciences and sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: This course is specifically designed to teach you to think critically, analytically, and contextually about women’s lives since the arrival of Europeans on the North American continent. It is intended to introduce students to the methodology of women’s history in addition to exploring the too-often hidden and forgotten gender dimensions of many aspects of the American past. Both continuity and change in women’s lives will be explored from a wide variety of topics including Native American women, African-American women, immigrant women, the family, class, politics, reform movements, religion, sexuality, and the interplay between real and expected social values. Readings will be based on both secondary and primary sources. Because I believe strongly in letting women tell their own stories you will have many opportunities to “hear women’s voices” through letters, diaries, journals, and autobiographies.
STUDENTS: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors of all majors
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lectures, readings (secondary sources but with an emphasis on primary sources), videos and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings, class participation, class presentation/research paper and 2 in-class exams
GRADING: Based on attendance and above requirements.
HIST 22200-01 RISE AND FALL OF THE USSR HU LA 1 h g
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Zenon Wasyliw, Muller 427, Ext. 4-1587
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One course in the humanities or social sciences and sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: This course is a comparative, analytical survey of Soviet history. We begin with pre-revolutionary conditions at the turn of the century, appraise the 1917 revolutions and then proceed through the varied stages, policies, leaders and both their internal and global impact through 1991 and beyond. An interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on interpreting historical primary sources is the foundation of analysis and critical appraisal. Political, social, cultural, economic and other modes of evaluation are implemented as are varied historical interpretations. Soviet history is complex yet extremely fascinating. We will engage in an interesting journey and evaluation of the Soviet past and its influence on the present and future.
STUDENTS: Open to all students.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lectures, discussions and presentations.
REQUIREMENTS: Examinations, a comparative book critique, interpretations of primary sources and class participation.
GRADING: A-F.
HIST 22800-01 ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jason Freitag, Muller 423, Ext. 4-5798
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One course in the humanities or social sciences; sophomore standing or above.
OBJECTIVES: This class will examine the histories of Islamic societies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and their responses to the challenges of modernity. The course will cover a range of historical moments, including the decline of the Ottoman Empire, European colonialism in Muslim lands, the rise of nationalism and nation-states in the Middle East and Islamic Asia, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the partition of India, the Islamic revolution in Iran, and the Gulf wars in Iraq. We will also cover a range of issues present in Islamic societies including the tension between militancy and quietism, religious extremism, women's economic empowerment and the changing roles of men and women as aspects of traditional Islamic society are transformed over time. Finally, the class will consider the relationship between terrorism and Islamic ideologies, and attempt to contextualize the political dimensions of Islam and its role in shaping Muslim identities worldwide.
STUDENTS: Open to all students.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Interactive lectures, discussion of assigned readings, student presentations.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings, response papers, class attendance and participation, critical essay (which will form the basis of an end-of-semester presentation).
GRADING: Based on performance on each of the above requirements.
HIST 23300-01 COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA 1 g h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Ablard, Muller 403, Ext. 4-3558
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences; sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: An examination of ancient American civilizations establishes the context for the Spanish conquest and imposition of Iberian culture in the development of the Spanish colonies. The course continues with the international setting of the colonies and the development of newly independent states in the 19th century. The emphasis is placed not only on events but also on their meaning, focusing on the history and culture of Latin America, and their influences on contemporary Latin American society. The course focuses primarily on New Spain (Mexico and the Caribbean) and Brazil and focuses primarily on an analysis of race, gender, and empire.
STUDENTS: Open to all students.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lecture and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Two Examinations, three short papers, one 7-10 page research paper.
HIST 26800-01 INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE HU LA 1 h g
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Joanne Izbicki, Muller 416, Ext. 4-3035
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISTIES: One course in the humanities; sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: Is there such a thing as Japanese Culture? This course proposes that there are many cultures in Japan—depending on the era, the class, the ethnicity, and personalities of the creators and consumers of cultural ideas, practices, and artifacts. We will examine primary texts and images, performance arts, and media from Japan’s earliest societies through its industrial and consumerist present.
FORMAT AND STYLE: discussion, lecture, student presentations
REQUIREMENTS: quizzes, midterm, short paper, final exam
HIST 27500-01,02 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES POPULAR CULTURE 1 h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Michael Trotti, Muller 412, Ext. 4-1591
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One course in the humanities or social sciences and sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: Popular Culture has become synonymous with America – it is one of our chief exports and a defining part of what America is in the 21st century. This course explores the history of American popular culture from the earliest mass media and genres – minstrelsy, dime novels, photography, movies, baseball, vaudeville, radio, TV – that were the most popular pastimes of their respective eras. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the role of pop culture in a number of important historical themes: differences in the experience of popular culture according to race, gender, class, and sexual orientation, changes in technology and the business of pop culture, and how different media expressed the stereotypes of their times.
STUDENTS: Any interested students at the sophomore level or above.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lecture and discussion, liberal use of media.
REQUIREMENTS: Several books, essay exams, participation, a short research project, and smaller assignments.
HIST 29000-01 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS 1 h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Pearl Ponce, Muller 406, Ext. 4-3606
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITE: One course in the humanities or social sciences; sophomore standing and higher
OBJECTIVE: This course will trace the evolution of American foreign policy as the country developed: What drove foreign policy when the United States was a small republic struggling to maintain its independence? Once the Old World withdrew from the American continent, how did a growing regional power treat its neighbors? What drew an isolationist nation onto the world stage? How did the struggle to contain communism change the nation’s policy parameters? Finally, how does the most powerful democracy in the world find its footing in an uncertain global environment? In addition, throughout this course, we will trace how foreign policy has reflected an evolving American sense of mission.
FORMAT AND STYLE: lectures, readings, and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: weekly readings & discussion, 2 short papers (1 of which is in preparation for a group presentation), and midterm and final examinations.
GRADING: Based on performance of each of the above requirements.
HIST 29100-01 EARLY SCIENCE AND MEDICINE h HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Matthew Klemm, Muller 405, Ext. 4-1306
ENROLLMENT: 25
OJECTIVES: This course will examine science and medicine in western civilization from their roots in the ancient Near East and Greece, where the general framework of scientific and technical knowledge and practice was first articulated, until the breakdown of this system in the lead-up to the scientific revolution in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Among other questions, we will consider definitions of "science," the ways humans understood themselves in relation to the natural world, and the relationship between scientific and religious truth in the various cultures covered in the course.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Lecture and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Grading is based on participation, essays, exams.
HIST 30800-01 THE UNITED STATES IN THE AGE OF COLD WAR HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Michael Trotti, Muller 412, Ext. 4-1591
ENROLLMENT: 20
OBJECTIVES: The United States emerged from World War II as the most powerful nation on earth—this new status brought with it both opportunities and challenges. This course examines these opportunities in some detail. Among the topics we will explore are the origins, development, and end of the Cold War; the Civil Rights Movement and rights consciousness generally; the high tide of Liberalism and the rise of the political right; and deindustrialization and the rise of the service economy. Students will also be honing their skills as historians, writing several papers that develop their skills in finding and analyzing primary sources, in understanding historiography, and in synthesizing interpretations of the past.
STUDENTS: Sophomore standing and above.
FORMAT AND STYLE: A mix of interactive lecture and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Several books, essay exams, class participation, a research project, and smaller assignments.
HIST 35500-01 TOTALITARIANISM IN GERMANY, 1933-1989 HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Karin Breuer, Muller 418, Ext. 4-1489
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITIES: Three courses in the humanities or social sciences; sophomore standing or above.
OBJECTIVES: This class will examine two dictatorships, those of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (the communist system in East Germany). We will examine the following subjects: origins and goals of the National Socialist and Communist parties, collaboration and resistance, foreign policy, treatment of "racial" and "class" enemies, the role of women in the state, the functions of the police, bureaucracy, and the army, propaganda, and the reasons for the collapses of the respective governments.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Primarily discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: Active participation in class discussions, a primary-source analysis, two take-home exams, and a research paper.
HIST 39201-01 DISEASE AND HEALTH IN LATIN AMERICA HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Ablard, Muller 403, Ext. 4-3558
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences; sophomore standing.
OBJECTIVES: In the last decade, there has been a tremendous growth in historical scholarship on topics relating to disease and health in Latin America. Influenced by the growing field of the social history of medicine, many of these works challenge assumptions about the motives, design and implementation of public health initiatives since the period of early independence. Scholars have demonstrated that popular and professional notions of health and illness were not static but changed over time in response to an array of social, political and economic forces. This course has four major goals that are inspired by this new and dynamic body of literature. First, students will develop an historical awareness of the political and social dimensions of disease and health in Latin America. Second, students will gain insight into how the disease and health reflect broader political and economic developments in Latin America. Third, we will examine how interactions between medical practitioners and their clients have shaped public health policy in Latin America, perceptions of what constitutes “ill-health,” and notions of race, class and gender. Finally, students will develop a global perspective not just on issues of health and disease, but also economic, racial, and social inequality (at the local, national and international levels).
HIST 39300-01 THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Michael Smith, Muller 320, Ext. 4-1290
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences; sophomore standing
OBJECTIVES: During the 50 years following the Civil War, the United States emerged as a fully industrialized, increasingly urban world power. This evolution was in many ways as unsettling to Americans as the Civil War itself, and the ways Americans (and foreign powers) dealt with these transformations is fascinating. This course will examine the periods known as the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and probe the contradictions that define the era: the generation of tremendous wealth at the same time there was unprecedented poverty in the country; immigration that both redefined what it meant to be an American and produced a vicious backlash; the first meaningful regulatory reforms of capitalism even as capitalism triumphed decisively as the national economic ideology; the rise of Jim Crow and the prevalence of lynching and the final removal of Native Americans from the West—among other topics.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Primarily discussion with some supplemental lecture; two evening film screenings.
REQUIREMENTS: Attendance; discussion; several books; 12-15 pp. research paper; short papers and at least one exam.
GRADING: Based on performance of each of the above requirements.
HIST 39301-01 THE COMING OF THE WAR
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Pearl Ponce, Muller 406, Ext. 4-3606
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITE: Three courses in the humanities or social sciences; sophomore standing & higher.
OBJECTIVES: By the time South Carolina Representative Preston S. Brooks brutally beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate in retaliation for his “The Crime against Kansas” speech in 1856, some Americans had come to believe the South and the North had developed so differently that separation was both desirable and inevitable. The four decades known as the sectional conflict, from the Missouri Compromise to the election of Abraham Lincoln, are critical to understanding why civil war would rend the country five short years after the caning of Charles Sumner. As such, this course on the coming of the war will address the political, cultural, social, and ideological differences between the North and the South. Among other topics, we will consider the nullification crisis; the impact of the developing western region; the territorial system; slavery and expansionism; the Mexican War; and Bleeding Kansas among others.
FORMAT AND STYLE: lectures, readings, and discussion.
REQUIREMENTS: weekly readings & discussion, research paper, and midterm and final examinations.
GRADING: Based on performance of each of the above requirements.
HIST 48101-01 RENAISSANCE OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Matthew Klemm, Muller 405, Ext. 4-1306
ENROLLMENT: 10
PREREQUISITE: Senior standing or equivalent; permission of instructor.
OBJECTIVES: The "Renaissance" that is most commonly found in history textbooks is a movement of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, characterized by a rebirth of Classical culture and humanism; which simultaneously implies that culture before this time lacked these characteristics. However, medieval historians have long entertained the notion of a "medieval" renaissance in the Twelfth Century. This seminar will consider aspects of the culture of twelfth-century Europe that relate to this idea of "renaissance." We will consider such issues as 1) the defining characteristics of a renaissance, 2) attitudes toward the classical (i.e., "pagan") past, 3) the flowering of courtly culture, 4) religious reform and its relationship to the idea of renaissance, and 5) the social, economic, and institutional foundations for this rebirth.
STUDENTS: Junior and senior history and social studies majors and minors
have preference; other majors welcome.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Weekly discussion of readings.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings, active participation in class discussions, presentation of research, and two drafts of a 20-page research paper.
HIST 48200-01 COLD WAR IN LATIN AMERICA HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Ablard, Muller 403, Ext. 4-3558
ENROLLMENT: 10
PREREQUISITES: Senior standing or equivalent; permission of instructor.
OBJECTIVES: This course examines the social, economic and political history of Latin America from 1945 to 1989. With a focus on Argentina, Chile, and the Central American republics, we will consider several related questions. First, we will consider how global ideological and economic forces changed politics and society in the region. Second, we will consider the question of why a variety of revolutionary and social movements developed in response to these political and economic changes. Finally, throughout the course we will study the role that the United States government and private interests have played in the abovementioned issues.
FORMAT AND STYLE: Seminar with heavy reading load and discussion oriented class meetings. Short response papers and one long research paper.
HIST 48201-01 SEMINAR, GLOBAL: TRAVEL, TOURISM, HISTORY HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Jason Freitag, Muller 423, Ext. 4-5798
ENROLLMENT: 10
PREREQUISITES: Senior standing or equivalent; permission of instructor.
OBJECTIVES: Many of our great historical texts involve travel in some way. From Herodotus to al-Biruni to Richard Burton, the traveler’s gaze has opened new worlds, introduced new peoples, and structured the way we view large parts of the globe. Travel literature remains an important method for accessing the past and present of other cultures. This seminar will explore the role of travel and travel writing in history. We will read classic traveler’s accounts, modern travel narratives, and contemporary tourist guides to examine how travel and tourism both create and become implicated in the historical and cultural representations of societies around the world.
FORMAT AND STYLE: discussion, student presentations.
REQUIREMENTS: class presentations, 30-page research paper.
HIST 48300-01 UNITED STATES HISTORY SEMINAR: CONSUMERISM AND THE WORLD OF GOODS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AND EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH AMERICA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Vivian Bruce Conger
ENROLLMENT: 10
PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor and senior standing or equivalent; must be taken at home campus
OBJECTIVES: This seminar is an exploration of material culture in the colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods. As it traces the transition from production to consumption in early America, it will examine how the ability of capitalism to shape taste, fashion, architecture, material culture, and even manners led to “a refinement of America.” It will explore the meaning of consumption to both the genteel and ordinary folk, the purposes that consumption served, and the systems of value in which consumption was embedded. It will also study how and why consumerism created as well as reflected moral ideologies and political attitudes as old structures were first subverted and then radically modified.
STUDENTS: Junior and Senior history and social studies majors and minors have preference; others welcome.
FORMAT AND STYLE: In-depth weekly discussion of readings in books and journal articles. Each week two students will be responsible for leading the class discussion about the readings.
REQUIREMENTS: Readings, class discussion, and 20- to 25-page research paper (all phases of this paper will be presented to the class for discussion, comment, and revision).
GRADING: Based on attendance and the above requirements.
HIST 49300-01 JACKSONIAN AMERICA HU LA
3 CREDITS
INSTRUCTOR: Pearl Ponce, Muller 406, Ext. 4-3606
ENROLLMENT: 5
PREREQUISITES: Permission of instructor and senior standing (or advanced junior standing).
OBJECTIVES: This tutorial on Jacksonian America, circa 1815-1848, will focus on a transformative period in American history when the country moved into modernity. We will trace the changes to Americans experienced in their political, religious, economic, intellectual, social and family lives. This tutorial will allow students to immerse themselves in the literature of this field, to engage in rigorous and intensive dialogue on the tutorial readings, and to write a significant research paper.
FORMAT AND STYLE: weekly, one-on-one discussions of readings; reports on the writing process and progress.
REQUIREMENTS: weekly attendance; discussion of assigned books; and a 20-25 page research paper as well as shorter papers designed to aid in the development of the final paper.
GRADING: Based on performance of each of the above requirements.
